(AMERICAN INDIANS) McKenney Thomas; and Hall James History o

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) McKenney, Thomas; and Hall, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. 121 hand-colored lithographed plates. iv, 333; [iv], 3-319; iv, 17-392 pages. 3 volumes. 8vo, publisher's blind-stamped morocco, moderate wear; hinges split, binding broken in Volume I, plate of Caa-Tou-See detached and slightly worn, faint marginal dampstaining near end of Volume III; bookplates on front endpapers. Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter and Co., 1865

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McKenney compiled this work after serving as the United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs through 1830. It is most famous for its lithographs after Charles Bird King, who was commissioned by McKenney to paint portraits of American Indian delegates visiting Washington in the 1820s. No collation of this edition has been found; this set is erratically paginated but apparently complete. An attractive set of "the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed"--Howes M129.